a new class + a new weekly reflection collection!
I'm passionate about my career as a researcher and teacher, but more importantly, I'm so grateful for how this work has changed the way I live, love, parent, work and engage with the world.
I'm thrilled to be partnering with global activist Jen Lemen, CEO of Hopeful World Publishing, to offer a new eCourse and a new collection of weekly reflections, challenges, and photos based on my work.
After a decade of studying topics like vulnerability, shame, and courage, I've come to believe that our lives are a powerful collection of stories – truths about who we are, what we believe, what we come from, how we struggle, and how we are strong.
When we practice the courage it takes to own our story, we gain access to our worthiness – the feeling that we are enough just as we are, and that we are worthy of love and belonging.
If we spend a lifetime trying to distance ourselves from the parts of our lives that don't fit with who we think we're supposed to be, we stand outside of our story and hustle for our worthiness by constantly performing, perfecting, pleasing, and proving.
Hustling is all about shame. When we understand shame and start to cultivate shame resilience we can start to stand strong in the center of our story.
Ordinary Courage eCourse: Lessons in Love, Shame and Worthiness
Join us for this class as we explore how shame operates in our lives and how we cultivate shame resilience so that we can fully engage with the world from a place of worthiness; a place where we know that we are enough and that we are worthy of love and belonging.
The course starts on Monday, 4/18/11, and ends on 5/27/11. There will be weekly reading assignments from I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't) and "watching" assignments from The Hustle for Worthiness DVD. There will also be weekly audio conversations, creativity activities, and journal exercises. You are welcome to stay on the 6-week schedule or make your way through the material at your own pace.
The registration period is relatively short and seats are limited so we encourage you to register this week. The class is starting on Monday, 4/18, so that we can wrap up before Memorial Day weekend.
For more information, and FAQ, and registration, visit the Hopeful World website!
A Year of Wholehearted Living
WholeHearted Living is 52 weeks of hope, daily courage, and honest inspiration. This once-a-week, year long missive is designed to give you the grounding you need to keep your heart focused on what matters the very most–living in the truth of your own story.
For more information and registration, visit the Hopeful World website!
See y'all in class!
PS - If you're a little nervous about a course on shame, think of it as Ninja Gremlin training!
